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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-24
NIIcI.Ignn club Banouet,

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 22.-The
second annual banquet of the Michigan
Club was held in the Princess rink in
this city tonight. Covers were laid for
l, 500, and several hundred more Occu-
pied seats in the gallery. Senator /. w.
Palmer called the meeting to order, and
DIR. Rexfork prayed. To the right of
Senator Palmer were Senator
Josh r. Hawley, Senator-elect
Francis Stockbridge, Hon. John
5. Wise, of Virginia, and prominent
Michiganders. To his left were Con-
gresham c. y. Boutelle, of Maine,
Governor c. G. Luce, Hon. John T..
Dolliver, of Iowa, and Michigan cele-
brities, among whom were Jay Hub
bel, James Mcmillan, eX-GoyernOr ii.
=. Baldwin and others.
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Raldaaa aIlIIr.rvPr,annsr-

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. Ex-senator
Stephenson, of Shelbyville, is prepar-
ing papers which he will forward to
Secretary of State Bayard, calling at
tention to the arrest by the German
government of Richard Reabecker,
citizen of Strasburg, Shelby county.
Reabecker is naturalized citizen of
the United States, and has resided in
Shelby county for some years. In
December he started for Germany on
visit, arriving in that country
January 6, 1887. Three days later he
was arrested and compelled to enter
the German army, and is still held IA
prisoner subject to military service.
Secretary Bayard will be requested to
demand Reabecker's instant release.
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VIII bs PArdon-d

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. 22.-The
Staying of John c. Kirkpatrick in this
city some months ago by DIR. F. S.
Ford, a leading physician of Shreve-
port, for the alleged seduction of his
tFord's1 wife, the arraignment of the
slayer, plea of guilty of manslaugh-
ter, and the sentence to fifteen years
imprisonment, all followed in the reg
ular order. Since that time petitions
have been numerOusly signed asking
that Ford be pardoned. The people of
Grand Cave sent Governor McEnery a
petition for the pardon of Ford, to
which the signatures of number of
ladies were attached. Upon its receipt
Governor McEnery addressed a reply
to the ladies, in which he says: Il as
sure you that when the application
reaches me will promptly grant the
pardon. Had / the power to do so he
would have been parIloned before con-
victiOn. have not, except in cases of
this kind, given any expression in adj
vance in any matter that may come be-
fore the pardoning board. 1t is the
unwritten law of the land; it is i'm
perative in it's mandate, that the de-
stroyer of female virtue, of home and
domestic happiness shall forfeit his
life -
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AZ 50. Lousa

81. LOUIS. Feb. ,.
CATTLE-Receipts. Loo: shipments. none:
market active and easier: natives, - 3J04 50:
butchers, =. I0fb4ie Texans and Indians, 500
G550
HoGsReceipts. 3.5Oo: shipments, none;
market active and steady: butchers and choice
heavy, S5J60N5.50; packers, s5.4GfI5-55; workers,
e520T6T
WHEAT-Market active and easier; No. = red
cash, 57lI111s: May. 59E June, eIeaS.
CORS-Aarket easy; No = mixed cash. 81 I:
March, 331k; May, as.
OATs-Narkef steady: MOI mixed cash q
May, 2Sts.
PoaK-Strong. eI525
LARE-StFong. eS-ss1..
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So far the movement of boots and
shoes is about five per cent be-
low last year, but encouraging
reports come from statesmen returning
from the west and south, and some
jobbers report much better sales than
a year ago. Cotton is steady andthe
lighter stocks here are more than bal
anced by the increase of half million
bales in exports, foreshadowing
smaller demand from Europe here
after. Cotton goods are firm with bet
ter demand for browns and good deliv-
cries of all qualities on previous orders.
Woolens, as before, are fairly active
for women's dress goods, but orders
for the bettr grades of wOrste for
overcoatings and heavy suitings, are
especially backward, in spite of the
lower price. People who bought in
week more coffee than the
country consumes in months, have
found it easier to buy than to sell.
Wheat spectators are confident of a
foreign war and have kindly enabled
farmers to sell many millions of BUSH
els at ten cents advance and are now
dropping their burdens. Railroad
earnings are favorable.
The business failures during the last
seven days number: For the United
States, ODD; for Canada, 80, against
267 last week and 2S6 the correspond
ing week of last year. Failures in
Canada are large and on the increase.
In New York city there was but one
suspension of consequence. In other
sections of the country the casualties
are about up to the average.
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She Knew the Woman.

81 have found letter from woman
in your pocket" said jealous wife to
her husband. Its signed Annie
too. 1t is bad enough for you to be
running around after other women
without getting hold of one who has my
name"
ibid you read it?' he inquired.
'.Yes. and it's perfectly sickening in
its love talk. The shameless creature
who could write such a letter ought to
be sent TO the penitentiary."
s'Did you notice the date?"
mo. but will. Why, it is dated
Oct. 3, 1873"
Yes, my love; it is one of the dear
old love-letters you wrote ME before we
were married" - BRAKES Travellers
Magazine.
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Rhode InIand ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

PROVIDENCE, Feb. 22.-The Prohi-
bitionists held their State Convention
in this city this morning. a full State
ticket was put in nomination, as fol
lows: Governor Thomas ii. Peabody,
of Westerly; Lieutenant Governor An
thOny, NJ. Kimber of Newport; Secre-
tary of State, Frederic Warner, of Bris-
toll; General Treasurer, John G.. Berry,
of South Kingston; Attorney General,
Edwin Metcalf. of Providence.
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A Senator'S Beautiful Daughter.

Among the unmarried woman here,
writes Washington correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Press, Miss Matte
Mitchell, daughter of Senator Mitchell.
of Oregon, holds the position most ana
Joyous to that of q professional beauty,
and lives in perpetual atmosphere Of
breakfasts and admiration, lunches and
adulation. dinners and alteration, ger
mans and theater parties, and never
goes to bed before = o'clock in the
morning.
As child Miss Mitchell must have
looked like a Cupid in the corner of u
valentine, Now she always suggests a
grown-up cherub, if one can imagine
a cherub in a taifor-made suit. with q
perfect English accent aud taking
French shrug. Miss Mitchell is deli
ciously plump. face and figure alike a
succession of soft curves, punctuated
with thousand dimples. She resem-
bles her father. who is a very handsome
man, in his clear complexion and big
eyes.
A competitor of the former for United
States senator circulated the report that
Miss Mitchell ate arsenic for ner com
plexion, and questioned the naturalness
of the beautiful bronze of her hair, but
as she has survived the allotted time
given her to die from the suppositious
poison, and as her hair still waves in
short forelocks from under broad.
brimmed Gainsborough, both may be
presumed to be natural
One thing / admire about Mis-.
Mitchell is that with all her temptation.
in that line, she does not load her little
hands down with rings. and what
jewelry she displays is Of the simplest
She wears soft, white. foamy tulle
spangled with silver, or delicate dia
phanous materials for party dresses
with simple, iow-necked corsage, laced
at the back, and exquisitely plain bu
perfect accessories.
The other evening at the theater Miss
Mitchell and the Misses West were in 8
box. and they all wore wraps of beau
tiful electric gray plush, with tiny capo
ties TO match, trimmed with small ostrici
| tips. l heard a gentleman say tina
Miss Mitchell made him think of %:
Maltese kitten in the moonlight" and
the simile was not bad one.
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The Weat YIrEtnIn Nennt..hIn

CHARLESTON, Feb. 22.-The twenty
sixth ballot was taken in joint assem-
bly, to-day for senator. But one men,
Der was absent, he being one of Cam
denis adherents. The vote is: Ex-
Governor Foreman, republican, 40;
Camden, 40; scattering, II. Whitaker,
republican, is still voting with the eau
Gus democrats. \ great deal of inter-
est is being manifested in the ballot
which is to be taken tomorrow, as it
is believed an election will be made.
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Preforrei Dsa.h.

GALENA, Ill. Feb. la.-John d.
Coombs, one of the oldest residents of
Grant County, Wisconsin, committed
suicide yesterday at Beetown by taking
poison, rather than go to the poor
house, to which he had been or
dered by the authorities. He was a
druggist by profession and had seen
prosperous DAYS.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 24.-At meet
ing of the union stove moulders of this
city last night it was determined not
to accept the compromise offered by
the employers in response to the
demand for an advance of ID per
cent in wages, and if the executive
board of the international union of
mOulderS favor it they will strike.
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Took Poison.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4.-George
Wilson, colored youth, charged in
the confession of Mary TObbs with the
murder of Wakefield Gaines, part of
whose remains were found in pond
at EddingtOn, Bucks county, Penn
sylvanla, took poison in his cell at the
Central police station this morning.
and it is thought he will die.
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ON THE BLOCK.
A Vagrznt scld at Auction for Sew
enty Ave Days at Augusta.
st. LOuls Stove MOuldsrs Refuse to
Compromise.
An American Citizen Forced Into the
German Army.
Industrial Conference Discusses the
Monopoly Question.
Severe Earthquakes Disturb South
ern Europa.
a vasrant Soto at Auet.or.

AUGUSTA, Ey.,Feb. 23-The trial of
Henry E. DOdson, charged with being
a vagrant, came off yesterday. The
jury after hearing all the evidence re-
turned verdict of guilty, and ordered
him sold to the highest bidder at pub
lie auction for a period of seventy-fiYe
days. This is the first case of
the kind in this country for many
years and much interest is manifested.
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aOhieara

CHICAGO. Feb. =.
WHEAT--Narkef active and steady: No. red
cash and March, -: May, 5eE.
E0HN-Aarket active and STEADY mo. mixed
cash. 53a<s March, J4ss !: May. Bss.
Oars Market firm and steady; Mo- mixed
cash, Isl MAJ, sS4s.
PoRK--FIru, $500.
I.AREs--FfrIn. e7.O5 =.
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PROGRAMME.

Invocation.
Song and chorus-Star SpangIed Banner.
Essay, Mary. the Mother of Washington"
Grafton, American Patriots"-John NJ Par
Octette--D Dancing Der the Waves
Essay, Our Country's ProgreSs"-Miss Lily
Rankin.
Irving H. Morse.
Soldiers Fareueir'-By Stuart ouartette.
Fred A. CraiSe
Defamation, The Ship of srate.'--Fred
Tuesday. Feb. =, Ham
A cordial Invitation is extended t.
all friends of the College to attend
these exercises.
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I732-Iss7.

Washington birthday College of
Emporia literary exercises, under the
auspices of the w. w. w. and the
Philologic societies.
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IHt I0oIUtHI IJUIdy StIII % Ute SUE
ate messages vetOing a bill granting a
pension to John ID. Uncher and Rachel
Ann PierpOnt. AS to the first named
cause, the President maintains that the
disability for which the pension is
asked was not incurred in the service,
and as to the latter case, the President
says that the records of the Pension
Office show since this bill was intro
duced pension has been granted to
claimant by the Pension Office at the
same rate authorized in the bill
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-01

RChCNrce It's causes, and new and
EECRlNL00 successful CURE at your
u own home, by one who was deaf
twenty eight years. Treated by most OF
the noted Specialists without benefit.
Cured himself in three months, and since
then hundreds of others. Full particu-
lars sent on application.
r. S. PAGE, No. Ill West 3lst ST., New
York City.
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The raiess Man in Indiana.

1T is not often that to be cripple is
fortunate thing" said Deputy Customs
Inspector OrsOn b. Curtis, 'but If had
not lost my left hand during the war |
should have lost it two weeks ago.
"The way of it was this, y he Went on.
''FOr eight years ] have been ON duty NJ
tie ferry dOcN, much OF the time at night.
ii is nav CUSTOM TO remain in the Office up
stairs until a boat touches the dock, and
then 90 down to meet the passengers
rs they land. The custom house is
built on piles, in fact, on part of the
dock, and when a boat touches it jars the
building so that, even if l were taking
cat nap, il would awaken me. During
all these eight years / have had no vaca-
iton until this month, when | went down
into Indiana ON q visit. was riding at
night in a day car, my shoes were off, and
L was asleep, when the train started out
Of little station near Peru. do not
know whether l was even partially awak
ened, but the jar impressed me with the
idea that the boat had touched the dock,
and, leaving my seat, walked to the end
of the car, opened the door, went out upon
the platform, turned to the left, descended
the steps and stepped of, in my stockinged
feet, into the snow. AS did so the car
struck me and knocked me down, and my
arm was so close to the rail that n wheel
touched my empty sleeve. i rolled over,
away from the track, and got on tol my
feet so quickly that l caught the rear
platform of the next car. / suppose Twas
the palest man in Indiana when gCs
aboard -
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nerrnrs supported by gamblers.

Perhaps the gamblers are the best cup
port of beggars If you knew where q
poker game or a faro bank is located-of
course you don't; you never saw anything
Of that kind, and / know it will be quite
a surprise to you to learn that they exist,
if, indeed, you know what they are
you'll always find beggars and loafers
around. Gamblers are superStitious, and
thoy will not upon any consideration pass
n beggar by without giving him small
contribution. 1t would be bad luck. Per-
maps there's tri1e of conscience about it,
and they have, after all, u sense Of some
power ADORE them TO be appeased by their
helping the needy. 4 gambler will borrow
20 give to beggar / have known actors
imbued with the same sentiment. l only
knew one dramatist who owned the super
stition He had a play coming out, and
che night it was to be produced, just before
the curtain went up, beggar tackled him.
lie gave him dime.
There said he, ''that's good luck.
My play viii be a 60"
1t was terrific failure
Il wish I'd given him half a dollarr' he
said. The superstition was all right. The
amount hadn't been enough to appease
the goddess Fortune.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-01
First Lessons in Painting.

\ celebrated miniature painter who was
usually hard up sometimes consented
to take q pupil to help initiate the cash
account, though much against his in
clination. \ wealthy gentleman called at
the studio one day and begged the artist
TO take his son, young man of 16, as
a pupil, promising to pay handsomely for
the instruction. The boy was admitted
for the sake of the money it would bring,
but, much to the painters disgust, it was
discovered that he knew absolutely moth
ing of the first principles of drawing
The young man sat around for half an
hour the first morning, watching the
master at work, much to the latter's
annoyance, and finally ventured to ask
that he be given something to do.
Gan right all rightr' the artist
replied, going to a closet and returning
with pair of muddy boots and black
ing brush "Here, black these boots,
young man; it viii give You breadth. -
Boston Record
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-01
rHe GREAT MYSTERY.

The following Sanscrit literature is from
one Of the hymns Of the Rig Veda, written
more than 8 1000 years before Christ:
Nor aught nor naught existed; yon bright sky
Was not, nor heaven broad wool outstretched
above.
What covered allY What shelterede What con-
cealeds
Was it the waters fathomless abySsi
Then was not death-hence, there was naught
immortal;
Then was no cOniine betwixt day and night
The only One breathed breathless in itself;
Other than il there nothing since has been
Darkness then was, but all at first was vailed
In gloom profound-an ocean without light.
The germ that still lay covered in the husk
Burst forth, one nature, from the fervent heat
Then first came Love upon il, the new spring
OF mind. Yea, poets in their hearts discerned,
Pondering this bond between created things
And uncreated Comes this spark from earth,
Piercing and all pervading, or from heaven!
Then seeds we're sown, and mighty power arose
Nature below and Power and Will above.
Who knows the secret. Who proclaimed it heres
Whence. whence this manifold creation sprang!
The gods themselves came later into being
Who knows from whence this great creation
sprang?
He from whom all this great creation sprang?
Whether His VIII created or was mute,
The Most High Seer that is in highest heaven,
He knows it-or perchance cen He knows not.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-01

The savings bank depositors of the city
Of New York number 669, 433, o. about
half the population
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-01

irr Turning thanks e. yoi ,oT Iiy mi
4; ,tiln;I- ct.e of eczema or salt rhcitu',
q, EN- II advisable to give you detailed
II, count of my case. and n there IS and
always will b., a prejudice against adj
vcrtiscd remedies. YOU have my consent
to publish this testimonial, and All lnqui-
res, by letter or in person, VIII cnecr-
fully answer. i do this that people who
90 on wear after year paying out large
sums of money to incompetent physi-
clans and receive 10 cure, or even relief.
or end in filing a premature grave, as
was nearly my case, may be induced 10
make trial Of the wonderful CuTIcURA
REMEDIES.
At the age of three months n rash made
its appearance on my face. \ physician
was called; he said tccthing was the
cause; he prescribed some cooling med
icine, but the sores spread TO my ears
and head. Another NJ ID. was called.
He professed To know all about the ease,
called it "King's Evil" and prescribed
grnpowder, birthstone and lard mixed
into salve, but the disease continued.
They could not do anything with ii. An
other prescribed boraX water and Hour;
another, linseed poultices. None of them
did me any good ut all, but made me
worse The disease continued undated;
il spread to my arms and legs. till was
laid up entirely, and from continual sit
ting on the floor on pillow my limbs
contracted so that / lost all control Of
them, and was utterly helpless. My
mother would have TO lift me out ana
into bed. ! could get around the house
on my hands and feet. but | could not
get my clothes on at MI, and had TO wear
a sort of dressing gown. My hair had
all matted down or fallen OFT. and nav
head, face and ears were one scab, and |
had to have towel on my head all tho
time i'm the summer to keep the flies oil.
NV parents consulted prominent ply
scian and surgeo.i here in Chicago the
other physicians before mentioned were
| of Dundas and Hamilton, Canada) he
| said he could do nothing for me, that the
chances were that would grow out oft,
or that it would strike inwardly and Kill
me in time. He wanted to cut the sim
ews of my legs so that i could walk ,bus
would not let him, for if | did get better
would have no control of them.
The disease continued in this manner
until was seventeen years old, and one
! day i'm January, 1879, in the Chicago Iri-
June, read an account of your mcdi-
cines. They described my case so eN-
actly that thought, as last resort, to
give them a trial.
When / first applied the CUTIcURA,. |
was all raw and bleeding from scratch
ing myself, but when applied it | Went
To sleep almost Immediately, something
had not done for years, the elect was
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-01
Tho street Peddler.s Now Device

The street peddler, he who makes life a
burden with his channels skins, his cheap
stationery, his woolly dogs and his rubber
combs on every shopping thoroughfare in
the city, has new device, out of which
he is coming just now small fortune.
He calls it a muff warmer, and it consists
of tiny metal box, an inch or so in
diameter and three or four inches long,
which contains a fuse of some slow burn
ing material warranted to dispense a COM
Portable glow of warmth during a shop
ping expedition Of a couple of hours or
more in length. 1t looks uncommonly
like n new patent Internal machine to the
uninitiated, but takes among the bargain
hunters on chilly day.-Kansas City
Journal.
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unEIuTrn LADIES AND @ N
TLEMEN who w / n
steady M plo m n

to take nice light work ut your homes
and make easily from Sl.O to fa.W
day. You should address WIN slaiisu
CROWN MAN'FG CO., 294 VINE S'''
Cincinnati, Q.
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LANDING PROVISIONS i'm a STORM.

While on his way home at the usual
early morning hour a reporter fell in with
Capt. John HiendS, homeward bound also.
1t was blowing rather fresh and raining
and the reporter remarked: Rather
rough, cap'n." ''Not so rough as it was
where l was forty years ago to-day" was
the reply. "Where was that;" II was
landing provisions at Vera Cruz for the
American army. The soldiers were suf-
fering for food and we took n lot of pro-
visions to the mole in life boat and threw
them ashore and the soldiers, with life
lines around them, waded out in the
water to catch the flour, bacon, etc. :"
The United States brig Sumner, COM
manded by Raphael Semmes, was wrecked
in the same storm near Vera Cruz
Portland Oregonian.
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,InR7sEssS..RO0T BEER.

Package, % cents, makes GALLONS OF
delicious, sparkling, temperance bever-
age. STRENGTHENS A,SD PuRiFIEs THE
BIoop. It's purity and delicacy com
mend it to all. Sold b. all druggists
and stOrekeeperS.
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For Sale, Cheap.

y jump-seat one or two-horse carriage.
This carriage is nearly as good as new:
manufactured by Stump < Starry: good
running order. Originally cost SIS;
will be sold at low figures. For further
information apply ut this office.